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Children’s Center has
been approved
After months of appeals, the
proposal for the East Campus
Children’s Center has cleared its
final roadblocks and construction
is under way.
Nov. 12, the Eugene Planning
Commission approved the Univer
sity’s conditional use permit for
the proposed center. Area resi
dents had 21 days to appeal the
decision to the Land Use Board of
Appeals. No appeal was filed, and
the plan received final clearance
in mid-December.
Child care center proposals went
through several drafts before being
accepted by the community.
Changes to the plan revolved
around the University’s desire to
work with area neighbors in the
creation of the center.
The construction of the center is
the first step of the University’s 20
vear plan for the East Campus
neighborhood. The long term plan
concerns the area east of campus,
bordering East 19th Avenue and
Villard Street. No immediate con
struction plans have been made for
the area. Instead the plan seeks to
outline future development goals
and guiding principles for future
land use.
The University Planning Commit
tee has been working with neigh
borhood groups and University per
sonnel in the formation of the
long-term plan. Two open houses
were held in early December to
gather input and comments from
community members.
The Campus Planning Commit
tee will meet in the EMU Fir Room
at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 17, to discuss revi
sions to the long-term development
policy of the East Campus area
— Aimee Rudin
EMU pumps cause
temperature extremes
The buzz in The Buzz Coffee
house on Wednesday was the balmy
weather. Temperatures in The Buzz
reached a high of 84 degrees, while
other parts of the EMU experienced
lows of 54.
EMU facilities manager Dana
Winitzkv said the fluctuating tem
peratures were thanks to a faulty
heating pump that pulls steam from
the physical plant.
“Our system is 50 years old,”
Winitzkv said. “We had to pull a few
rabbits out of our hats to find some
pumps to fix the problem.”
The 50-vear-old pumps failed
shortly before winter break, forcing
EMU employees to use electric
space-heaters to warm their offices.
Winitzkv said the broken pumps
were the biggest disaster to hit the
EMU since flooding in 1996 sub
merged parts of the building in a
foot of water.
"If we had lost our system, we’d
be in trouble,” Winitzkv said. “We
would have had to close down parts
of the building.”
Winitzkv said the rejuvenated
heating system was flooding the
EMU with hot air, and the first place
to receive the heat was lower levels
of the building.
Patrons of The Buzz, located on
the ground floor of the EMU, can
expect tropical weather for the
rest of the weekend while mainte
nance personnel bleed radiator
lines in an effort to bring building
temperatures back to a cost-effec
tive 72 degrees.
Assistant Food Service Director
Victoria Varble-Goss, who manages
The Buzz, said the temperature
hasn’t affected sales.
“If it lasts for a while, I’ll ask
employees to wear grass skirts,”
Yarble-Goss said. “We will have
tropical drinks."
— Andrew Black
Sign-making in honor
of MLR Jr.
Eugene residents are invited to
make signs in honor ot' Martin
Luther King Jr. Day as well as
world peace from 1:30 p.m. to 4
p.m. Sunday at the Washington
Park Community Center, located
on Washington Street between
19th and 21st avenues.
International Studies major Kara
Steffensen, one of the event’s organ
izers, said she hopes people will
come and create yard signs and
posters on peace.
“It’s our effort to ereate a more
peaceful world, given the current
situation," she said. Steffensen
said the signs will be used during
MLK Day demonstrations in Eu
gene and Portland.
“We are trying to link the values
(Martin Luther King Jr.) talked
about with our need to create peace
in the world,” Steffensen said. In
line with Dr. King’s teachings, Stef
fensen said she hopes people will
judge Americans by the “content of
our character and not the size of
our arsenal.”
There will also be a talk by Gayle
Landt, Oregon director of the na
tional organization Beyond War, on
new community approaches to
changing the way people think
about war.
Materials to make the signs will
be provided, but Steffensen said at
tendees can bring more materials
such as duct tape, old political signs
and contact paper.
Refreshments will be served. For
more information, call Steffensen at
344-4943.
Ayislm Yuliya
New Car Expo returns
The Assistance League of Eugene
is hosting its fifth annual New Gar
Expo as a fundraising benefit for the
Operation School Bell project, in
conjunction with the
Eugene/Springfield New Car Dealers
Association.
All money raised from the S3 ad
mission fee will be donated to the
Assistance League. Proceeds will
help fund community sendees such
as Operation School Bell, which
provided new clothing for 800 chil
dren of low-income families last
year, according to organizer Jan
Callahan of the Assistance League.
The event will also help fund As
sistance League projects such as
Children’s Dental Clinic, the Lane
County Historical Museum’s Oregon
Heritage Program and the Hug A
Bear project, which provides imme
diate support for traumatized
youth, she said.
“The show benefits our projects
and helps the community as well,”
Callahan said.
No cars will be available for pur
chase at the expo in order to promote
the event as a charity fundraiser.
“The dealers wanted it to be a
non-selling show from the start so
people would be more interested to
come out,” Callahan said. “It’s a
more relaxed atmosphere that way,
and all under one warm roof.”
One of many highlights of the
New Car Expo will be a 1949 Ford
Woody Wagon.
The first 500 children through
the door will receive a free Hot
Wheels car.
— Jessica Richelderfer
Ready for your close-up?
Students who want to “spring
break” into acting careers won’t
even need to leave campus this win
ter. Universal Pictures will hold an
open casting call for the upcoming
reality movie, “Spring Break: The
Movie,” on Jan. 17. The company,
which created the reality series
“The Bachelor,” said “Spring Break”
will be the first ever realitv movie.
Casting agents will select six to
10 University students to spend
spring vacation being filmed in Can
cun. Auditions will take place on or
near campus, though the exact lo
cation has not been announced.
Students interested in audition
ing must be at least 18 years old.
Bring a valid student ID and a re
cent photograph. For more informa
tion, aspiring movie stars can call
the Universal Pictures toll-free in
formation line at (866) 804-0786.
Look for more detailed informa
tion in Thursdav’s Emerald.
— Jacquelyn Lewis
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